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The KAIST Herald met with Aamir Malik and Jauwairia Nasir, the two presidents of the newly formed International Students and Scholars Association Committee (ISSAC), to learn more about this new player in the international scene at KAIST. In your response to the question “What does ISSAC stand for?” on Facebook, ISSAC’s answer was “you.” I’ll ask a follow up ques
Interview
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:48
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All roads led to the Student Center (W2) on Thursday evening as, for its penultimate event of this semester, KAIST-ONE featured the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. Having first featured Pakistan followed by Zambia, the organizers were keen to build on the roaring success that the KAIST One Program has grown into. The emcees for the evening, namely Sanzhar Bakhtiyarov and Altinai Normanova, did
News
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:48
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It’s 8:30 a.m. when you walk into Handel and Gretel. The tables are all empty and there is no one behind the counter. Everyone is at the back in a huddle receiving their pep-talk from the general manager about the day’s goals. You are minding your own business when in walks a bespectacled girl wearing a pair of faded denim jeans and one of those T-shirts that has a random English word
Editorial
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:42
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In the weeks leading up to the beginning of the Fall Semester, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences found itself at the centre of a storm. The Kaist Herald met with Professor Michael Pak, the Vice Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and together they attempted to clear the thick fog of sensationalism that has informed most discussions since then. Let’s cut to the ch
Interview
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:40
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Apathy recently reared its ugly head once again as a loud and largely partisan debate on the decade-old policy that assigned English/Korean language use to certain ratios of courses offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Studies official bubbled to the surface. On one side was the Student government. On the other the school administration. The fact that it was the administration that t
Debate
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:15
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The basilisk of lore is a fearsome creature. Her fangs are but twelve-fingers long, and her venom “withers all living plants in her wake.” Her gaze is enough to kill as Mourning Myrtle found out in JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Only the crowing of a cock has the potential to kill her, but it didn’t work with this basilisk. Despite being rigged out, her an
Column
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:13
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Working out is the current “in-thing” in Korea. Whether it is the morning jogs or the monotonous sprints on treadmills at the local gym, everyone seems to be keen to shed a few extra pounds. Korean society is one that, frankly speaking, has some very well-defined standards of what most of its people define as beauty. This is driven partly by the hugely successful K-pop and K-drama indu
Editorial
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:09
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Even under these dreadful conditions, Korea hesitated to turn on its electric fans and air conditioners in fear of getting an unexpectedly pricey electricity bill.
Feature
Sejoon Huh Assistant Editor
2016.11.24 05:17
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Drones seem to have emerged as one of the most discussed machines in21st century. They are everywhere – as toys, surveillance cameras, and staples of modern warfare. But for many, the facts have flown over their heads as to what drones are, what they do, and just how long they have been around.
Feature
Juhoon Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 05:15
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KAIST develops a delivery system that uses light to safely and precisely deliver therapeutic proteins into the body.
News
Sejoon Huh Assistant Editor
2016.11.24 04:42
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As one of the most complex biological systems, the human brain provides an ideal model for highly efficient computing systems. Following suit, a team at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) successfully developed a “synapstor” — a synaptic organic transistor that simulates a neuron’s short-term plasticity via imitating fluctuating signals between two nerve cells.
Highlights
Juhoon Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 04:28
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Professor Jung-Yong Lee has developed a new technique that utilizes the Marangoni effect to create an organic solar cell on a water surface.
News
Sejoon Huh Assistant Editor
2016.11.24 04:24
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A co-op team led by Professor Sang Ouk Kim and Professor Jonghwa Shin from the Department of Material Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed a high-tunable metamaterial that is able to control its refractive index at a wide range using a process called block copolymer self-assembly that produces desired material shapes and patterns at the nanoscale.
News
Juhoon Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 04:08
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KAIST recently developed a new optical technique that can quantitatively analyze Alzheimer’s disease through holography.
News
Sejoon Huh Assistant Editor
2016.11.24 03:52
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Campus police are an organization employed by the school to protectthe students, faculty and memberson campus. With a vast majority of itsconstituents living in dorms or spendingnight shifts performing research inlaboratories, the campus police at KAISThave especially a lot on their shoulders.Even an interview time was hard toarrange, with constant work shifts and anemergency dispatch to the Depar
Interview
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:33
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Without the cause of death being given, itwas reported that Edward Franklin AlbeeIII, the prominent US playwright and three-times winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, has left thestage on September 16 at Montauk, New York. Sincethe emergence of American theater into worldwideprominence after World War II through the writingsof Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, EdwardAlbee was one who had fo
Obituary
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:25
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Returning students at KAISTwould all have experienced thesame feeling when they accessedthe school website to scavenge for humanities courses:shocked at the lack of empty spots to register for.The reason for this sudden disappearance of possibleclasses to take was due to a reduction of Korean-taughthumanities classes by the School of Humanities andSocial Sciences. Perhaps this issue would not have
Debate
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:00
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One night, mostcertainly on one ofthe paved asphaltroads of Korea, the inevitablehappened. A scream, a tear,and I was unconscious on the ground. Myfriends hurried next to me and I was carriedinto my dorm room.Next morning, I was dizzy on my bed. Ayawn rendered all other tests unnecessary.Alcohol. A lot of alcohol and dizziness. Self-deprecating acts of the night had given birth toa late sun and I
Column
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.23 23:52
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The expectations for the Galaxy Note 7 were extremely high. Many tech reviewers had praised the Galaxy Note 7 for it featured a glorious dual curved-edge display, an excellent battery life, and one of the best camera resolutions in the smartphone market. Samsung even had to postpone the release of the Note 7 in some markets as the production was not able to meet the demand of the new phone. Howeve
Aspects of Society
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.23 19:38
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It was a rainy day in August. I just finished dragging all my luggage from the truck to the first floor, and took a look at my new room in Munji. To my dismay, it was a nightmare. Years of dust on the cabinets, a dirt-stained floor, and a chair that smelled like it belonged in a dump. When I went to get a replacement chair, the supervisor told me “this place isn’t supported anymore&rdq
Editorial
Kibum Park
2016.11.20 09:12